motorway

Meanings

Plural: motorways

Noun

• a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
• A highway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for high-speed motor-traffic (in Europe motor vehicles with a higher speed limit than 40 km/h) running in two directions on one separate carriageway each.
• A racetrack venue designated especially for the sport of auto racing.

Synonyms

(motor) speedway, autoroute, expressway, freeway, highway, motospeedway, pike, state highway, superhighway, throughway, thruway